The Perpich Center for Arts Education's State Arts High Schools,has, for quite some time now, been a very important model for arts centered high schools, while also serving as one of the nation's most important centers for K-12 arts education.Governor Tim Pawlenty has submitted a budget which cuts away $2.2 million of a overall budget of $7 million, while eliminating "outreach" … [Read more...] about The State High School for the Arts in Minnesota faces major cuts
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The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music
The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music brings me to the great, great, great, Benny Golson!!!, who was just honored by the Kennedy Center. Benny has a new CD on the Concord label, New Time, New 'Tet, where the "album's song choices advance a subtle but genuinely seductive proposal: what if jazz, conventionally defined, is overdue for re-inspection and revision? What if … [Read more...] about The Nexus between Jazz and Classical Music